Well mate it was absolutely fantastic , what a wicked day testing being my first ever beach trip but i came away learning alot & will be a little bit more prepared for the next one .

It's a long day just about 100 miles to the beach from ESC HQ , Once @ the beach you have the time it takes from being high tide to the time when the water comes in again @ back to where it was when you get there , Yesterday we arrived @ 9AM & had usable beach from then until approx 1.30 -2 PM depending on how brave you wanted to be with the water rapidly approaching closer to base camp , of course our Frayz was the last man sitting

The beach is huge mate a long narrow strip you get to use easily a mile long if not more of hard packed sand with a few puddles streams thrown in for good measure , It's not massively wide with room for about 2-3 buggies with kites to pass up & down , I Would say just about as wide as it gets @ the park .

You must be well prepared for ALL YOUR GEAR to get covered in sand & sh*** , I have only really just finished getting everything cleaned , washed down , dried , & put away ready for next time , This was even with 2 hours unloading , washing last night after we got home .

So in summary it's a great day ( as the surface it's unbelievable ) But it's a real long day for the actual time that you get to be flying , saying that i lost a good hour or so when i put the 3.M blurr in the drink & dragged it out bringing 1 tonne of Camber beach back to our base , and i flaffed about with making coffee & doing hot dogs @ lunchtime though witch were nice it's a complete waste of the precious time that you get made available , So will be taking a flask of coffee next time & vising the café on the way down for a full Monty to set me up for the day .

For me personally it was more of a learning to buggy again day with the all new "Tinyphoon" After a few tweaks with the position of the down tube i came away feeling very pleased with the way that she performed & cannot wait to get out again !!

I Have spoken with Al this morning regarding possibly another trip to Camber over the Xmas hol period if the tides & wind play ball again , if not the next trip will be to "Les Hemmes " in the new year where you have no need to worry about the tide coming in because the beach is 8 miles long & a mile deep

Slim

 

" Freestyle " me up baby

 

Sounds great!

 

Nice write up slim, i spent a few hours cleaning all my kit again this morning.

But i gotta say, im so pleased with how all of my kit performed yesterday. Everything did its job and i did not get cold or wet once even when hitting puddles a near 30mph.

Oh yesterdays top speed was on the narrow axle flexi and was 27.8mph. Not bad concidering the big boys in their libre race buggys and huge Dpowers were running in the 33's

 

@ The Boss keep looking in here

Heres a few of mine mate with an old camera that buggies with me OBE's & all

 

I will but its so busy at the moment

 

Lol at me looking so good ha ha ha

Nice arty shot of the phoon guv.

Cant belive how beautiful yesterdays weather was. Had such a great time.

 

For you guys interested in a few trips across the pond to " Les Hemmes " Next year you need to register your interest here ..

South East Kiting Association - Les Hemmes & Hardelot Flyers Meeting Thread

Frayz & i are on board so far

 

Found a few more of yesterdays pics here ...


Beach Virgins Camber Trip 08

 

Some of my favorites from yesterday

 

one day, just one day someone will get a pic of me in the buggy moving!!!! lol think i must be leading the way with pics of the walk of shame!!!! lol

 

looks like a lot of cleaning after that sandy trip lol
paul hope our kites are clean looks like u ditched it in the water at times

 

I didnt wanna post the pics of you or ross doing that mate. So i left em out.

You'll grasp it soon enough, i promise to spend some time with you both on the next outing

 

cheers Frayz

was a strange day for me, first outting managed to get both ways down the beach, then after that another day of dragging the buggy back to the start!!!! lol

Col only used 1 kite and no didnt go in the water but got a bit of sand in it due to the walk of shame..... think there will be sand coming out of that thing for a few weeks yet!! lol

 

Spally,

hang it upside down on the washing line. When the sand drys its dead easy to just beat out

 

have been doing that all day today mate, even got it in the bath to wash it through, but think there are still some stuborn bits hanging in there!!!

 

Sure is Kids now prefer our new sandpit as apposed to the decking & as for my lovely drive where we washed the buggies down

 

Mine are all washed and cleaned and are hanging in the garage.

Ive literally scrubbed and cleaned everything today lol... and mine didnt even get in the water lol

 

Tiny's new buggy thingy ..... Whatever you call them

 

LOL Shrimpo's posted his vid from the "Virgins to Camber "

YouTube - Beach Virgins 08.wmv

 

Loving the vid, PMSL at the music lol

Loving 3:52 and tiny washing his buggy

 

My wide axle and libre harness for sale still guys.

Let me know if any of you guys want it

 

which is why i posted a link up about tacking back to your peg.

if you can remeber how the wind was on saturday, i'll draw a quick diagram in a minute to show you a fail safe way for getting back.

i had less kite area than anyone else on saturday and i was stuggling, straightlining back to base, but a slight tack across the beach and it was much easier.

ill post my diagram up in a bit. and hope it helps.

dont be disheartened though, it will all fall into place believe me.

Dazza

 

to be honest Dazza, i was too worried about the other people around to start trying to tack on saturday.

Am going to spend some time on saturday in the corner on my own going round in circles....and using the wind in different directions.


Frayz, as said saturday mate, Dazza has first dibs, if he dosent want it then i am defo interested.

cheers

 

oh dont worry i wont get disheartned mate, i know it will fall into place soon

 

as in the diagram below, i was struggling to get back to base with my 3m, so employed a tack as followed by my crappy arrow system, no matter what kite anyone used, this would get them back to base, all be it a little slower than the direct route, plus to have the added benefit of being able to powerslide around the beach at the same time.
Also Liam was hampering progress by pitching up right in the middle of the run and not going anywhere!!

hope this helps

on the return tack towards the water, the kite would be pointing directly out to sea (90 degress to the beach) and on the tack back inland, would be pointing down the end of the beach away from the pegs.



edited to say, when you get to the water, get the power into the kite to catapult you round back inland, and the same from inland back out towards the sea, this is where the power and momentum is gained from in order to make headway back to base!!! cant wait to get out again!!!!

 

Impressive diagram Daz... thats exactly how you do it

 

cheers frayz, its hard to explain it on the beach, but maybe you can sit with spally for a bit and me with ross. i think an hour or so and they would have it cracked on the field, although with gusts and/or tapering wind speeds it might be slightly more difficult.

i think we should get the cones out (i have some here i'll stick in the motor)

sorry i didnt get back to you about the axle/harness bud, but i will need to watch the funds over xmas and if anyone one else has expressed an interest, let them go ahead mate !!

 

cheers for that Dazza, i dont want to ruin any of your day fella....am sure 10 mins to get the gist then i am happy to be left to my own devices.

 

Cool, im sure we will get you and Ross up to speed in no time.

Spally, the harness is yours if you want it. If not i'll put it on flexi